Row Level Security

Row Level Security comes after Connection Access and User Access have been applied so it can only be used to further restrict user access.

The security is applied using SQL expressions that evaluate to true or false. The expression syntax is the same as when you create a where clause. The only difference is that fields from the current table must be bracketed by [ and ].

Can Select Expression: Determines if the user can view the record.

Can Update Expression: Determines if the user can update the record.

Can Delete Expression: Determines if the user can delete the record.

Examples of valid expressions are:

[ProductId] > 7

[DiscontinuedDate] is not null

[StandardCost] between 0 and 100

[ProductCategoryId] in
(select ProductCategoryId from ProductCategory where name = 'Bikes')

Row security has the same affect as Table Security in that it will automatically hide the appropriate edit buttons if the user does not have access. For more details see: Table Security

Important Notes:

Failure to properly bracket the current table's fields with [ and ] will result in SQL that may work in some cases but fail in others.

If a record update would result in a row that would fail the select expression, then the select expression will temporarily be used to make the record readonly. This makes it obvious to the user that their update succeeded while preventing them from updating the record further. Once they leave the record they will be unable to return.